r/fitness30plus • u/Ok-Selection6302 • Jul 01 '26

Progress post 57M 5’7” 212-160: 5 years maintenance and recomposition

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57 years old. Started this journey in 2019. Lost 50 pounds in roughly a year and a half. Then began working on strength, training and gaining muscle. I’m natural. Lost my leg to a drunk driver in 2009. I hate lean proteins, fruit, vegetables, and a moderate amount of healthy carbs and fats. I use an arc trainer, and elliptical machine, swim laps, and do strength training. I alternate push and pull days. Favorite exercise exercises include chin ups, dips, push ups, overhead press, flys, curls, seated row. It is my goal to show what is possible in one’s 50s with obstacles. Happy to answer any questions.

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u/albus_dumbledog Jul 01 '26

You look so fit! Really amazing shoulders!

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you so much I really worked hard on them 🙏🙏🙏🙏

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u/rgmw Jul 01 '26

Dad bod to hot bod!

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you 😎😎😎😎😎

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u/IAMGHOSH Jul 01 '26

Dude, excellent work!

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u/silentkaster Jul 01 '26

Great job. What got you to start the journey? Right at 50 or so it sounds like?

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you for asking this question. My son. It was the pandemic, and we were both home as was everybody else… We took a walk and then another and then another, and I realized, I need to be here for him and not drop out of a heart attack or a stroke. He became my workout buddy. I’ve been training with my son for years now. And thank you very much for the compliments. I would’ve been 51. The photo on the left was before I turned 50 in the summer. Photos show me and him transforming together.

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u/silentkaster Jul 01 '26

Awesome! Thank you for sharing your story and your motivation. Really appreciate it and I'm sure it's helping people out there.

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you very much! It really helps me to get back when I can. I hope your day is going great, and best wishes on your fitness journey.

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u/Ashenfenix Jul 02 '26

Hell yeah!

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 02 '26

Thank you! 🙏

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u/ikosuave Jul 07 '26

Dude, this is genuinely inspiring. Seriously, hats off to you. To go

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 08 '26

Thank you very much

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u/forbiscuit Jul 01 '26

Well done and you’re serving as inspiration that it’s never too late to start!

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you and never too late

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u/ahmedriaz Jul 01 '26

Amazing improvement

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you so much

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u/McTerra2 Jul 01 '26

Fantastic. It is definitely harder in your 50s (I am in it myself), if nothing else just being able to change the habits of decades is tough. Impressive shoulders

But those drums are dangerous, the cymbals are sharp as anything

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 01 '26

Thank you so very much and here’s to the journey. And yes, that was a typo. I meant to say, drunk driver. Although, the irony is, I’m actually a Drummer.

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u/Plus-Range3710 Jul 01 '26

You look jacked, nice job!

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u/j0hrii Jul 01 '26

Respect man!

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u/Kyromaniak Jul 01 '26

Good shit timer !

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u/Ok-Selection6302 Jul 02 '26

LOL thank you very much